Love Slave to My Dev Chapter 55

55 Harsh Gossip and Moving On

Maybe it was because of Ace’s unexpected visit to my apartnt that made

forget all about Kyle and his wedding that weekend. After Ace left, I ended up chewing on one of the doughnuts that he bought while continuing with my research on the topic of dog at trade. By the end of the day, I had compiled a very good list of resources regarding the facts about the trade as well as many angles of the public’s opinion of it.

Although I wasn’t sure if Ace did that intentionally or not, but his visit did provide enough distraction for

to stop thinking about Kyle and his betrayal. After spending the whole of Sunday subrging myself in my research, I had completely co to terms with Kyle moving on and realized that I should be doing the sa. Kyle probably didn’t need my well wishes but I decided to wish him the best with his new phase in life with his wife.

That night I slept deeply and without dreams as I prepared myself for so grueling work on Monday. Kyle had clearly moved on and although I haven’t made any real progress in my love life, I was determined to get a move on with my professional career. I’m going to show everyone what I can do on this project.

Monday arrived and soon after I stepped into the lobby of the office building, I quickly found that Ace’s unintentional efforts in diverting my attention from Kyle’s wedding didn’t truly work. Despite the many great things that I admired about this company, there were so cultural things that truly got on my nerves. One of those things was the exceptional talent of many employees of this company in gossiping about everything especially their colleagues.

“You know that Kyle from Planning got married the past weekend, right?”

“Of course. I stalked all social dia channels just to get a glimpse at so photos from his wedding...”

“I heard his bride is a real beauty. I bet her family is rich,”

“Kyle’s family is well-off too. They’re probably a match made in heaven,”

“Look at this photo here! I got my friend from the planning departnt to send it over. He was there at the wedding,”

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I never realized until we broke up that Kyle was such a celebrity figure in our office. Perhaps, I did realize it, but I just ignored it while thinking that it was nothing but a burden to our secret relationship. The more that people paid attention to Kyle and the more that they sward around him, the more we had to be careful to keep our relationship hidden. I sighed and closed my eyes montarily to calm my muddled mind.

There’s nothing for you to hide anymore, Karina. Well, perhaps the fact that you had a one-night stand with the Devil CEO...

Just imagine if that were to get out.

I stepped into the elevator while I prayed that I wouldn’t run into Kyle. One of these days, I’m going to be completely fine about running into him and facing him; however, that day wasn’t going to be today. I moved deeper inside the elevator as more people ca in while trying to make myself as small as possible. Despite my efforts to keep Kyle and his wedding off my mind, I kept on thinking of the reason why he had to lie to .

How much of our relationship was a lie? Was everything simply just a lie?

All those tis when he was kind to . All those tis that he supported

when I was going through a hard ti whether in life or at work. Was everything just lies?

When he held

and told

that he loved . Was that just a convenient lie that he told just so that he could use

and sleep with ?

He’s so popular, though. Wouldn’t it be easier for him to grab one-night stand lovers with the other girls?

Just like always, by the ti that the elevator arrived at the CEO’s floor, I was the only one left standing all alone and extrely confused in the elevator. The sound of the elevator’s arrival and the door sliding open snapped

out of my dark thoughts along with a sting of a headache.

Enough of this, Karina.

There’s so much work for you to do and you’re going to have to do extrely well to earn and keep your place on this team of crazy genius A-listers!

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“Start...” Ace said dispassionately from his seat at the head of the eting table.

This is it. I stood in front of the large projector screen with everyone’s eyes on

as I was about to deliver my first ever presentation as a mber of the CEO’s office. After wrecking my brain and sacrificing sleep over the weekend, my presentation was ready...hopefully.

“Hello everyone. In my presentation, I will provide so contextual information on the dog at trade as well as highlight so common public opinions of the trade. First of all, what exactly is the dog at trade and how does it work?” I began my presentation while trying my best to keep my voice from shaking from my nervousness.

I haven’t worked for that long but over the years that I’ve been at Jesses and Hill’s, I’ve had the opportunity to present in various business etings and also in front of clients. However, the tension and pressure of this eting was on an entirely different level all together and it was just an internal eting without external stakeholders involved. I didn’t dare think of how stressful this project would be at the pitching stage and when the clients got involved.

My past experiences and learning saved , and I was sohow able to push to the end of my presentation while maintaining the attention and focus of my audiences. I thanked Lauren and her training and guidance silently in my head when my presentation ca to a close. There was a brief mont of silence as everyone seed to absorb in the information.

Suddenly, a hand shot up into the air.

–To be continued...